PMUG: 2.0 Productivity Tools

Enhancing Productivity with Web 2.0 Tools Presented for the Princeton Macintosh Users’ Group 01/08/08 Presented by: Janie Hermann Princeton Public Library Dark Room +/or WriteRoom

Web 2.0 is…
A Social, Collaborative Web, defined by trends and sites such as:
Blogs/RSS - Wikis - Podcasts – Tagging Social software – Facebook - MySpace - de.licio.us - furl - Flickr - IM – lastfm - Folksonomies - Mashups

Web 2.0 is …
The Read/Write Web
Participatory and Social
Information consumers and contributors are often one in the same
But what does this really mean?

The Machine is Us/ing Us http://youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g

Why were YOU chosen by TIME? … because 2006 was a “story about community and collaboration on a scale never seen before. It's about the cosmic compendium of knowledge Wikipedia and the million-channel people's network YouTube and the online metropolis MySpace. It's about the many wresting power from the few and helping one another for nothing and how that will not only change the world, but also change the way the world changes.”

Website Traffic Graph comparing myspace.com, youtube.com and flickr.com

Tim O’Reilly’s Concise Explanation Source: http://www.oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html

The Web as Platform
Virtual Applications
Mash-Ups
Recombinations
User-Generated Apps
Perpetual Beta
Online Storage
Online Office Suites

Harnessing the Hive Wikis Folksonomies User- Based Tagging The Wisdom of the Crowds Bottom up Classification Schemes Photo by dotpolka Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dotpolka/7938665/

Zamzar
Quickly converts files from one format to another
Eliminates need for conversion software
Convert text, image, video, and sound files (large array of file extensions available)
Conversions emailed for downloading
http://www.zamzar.com

Picnik
Online photo editing in your browser
No program installation required
Import pictures from your PC or online
Some features require premium subscription
http://www.picnik.com

Picnik

Doodle
Polling and Scheduling made easy
No need to create an account
Schedule a meeting and be assured you have the best possible date
Easy to update
http://doodle.ch

Instructions on how to participate. Summary of results

Writeboard
Shareable web-based text documents
Write something online, then share it
Track all changes by all editors
Compare changes between two versions
http://www.writeboard.com/

Writeboard

WriteRoom
Full screen writing environment
Write without distraction
Created specifically for use on Mac OS
PC version is called Dark Room
Requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later
http://hogbaysoftware.com/products/writeroom

Jott
Consider this to be Voice Mail 2.0
Instead of texting, use Jott from your cell phone to call a toll-free number and have a spoken note transcribed then texted, or e-mailed to yourself – or to anyone else you choose.
Great for leaving email messages while on the go or sending posts to your blog while on the road.
http://jott.com
1-866-JOTT-123

Omnidrive
Access, edit and share your files from anywhere in your web browser
1GB size and 5GB transfer per month free
http://www.omnidrive.com/

Omnidrive

Tada List
Create, Share, and Store "to do" lists for everything from your Christmas shopping to daily task list
Lists are stored online and accessible from any computer via your account
Share your lists with others via RSS
Save for future reference – great for packing lists
http://tadalist.com/

Senduit/YouSendIt
Both allow you to send and share very large files without freezing up email or taking down a network!
No registration required
YouSendIt will hold the file for 30 days and send an email to the recipient
Senduit lets you determine how long the file stays live (up to 30 days). Provides you with a download link.
http://senduit.com
http://yousendit.com

Senduit

Slideshare
Think of it as YouTube for PowerPoint
A great place to share your own PowerPoint presentations and slidecasts or to view what others have posted
Create a social network with others who share your interests
http://www.slideshare.net

How to locate “Freebies”
PC Magazine
Top 101 Sites
Best Free Software
SEOmoz’s Web 2.0 Awards
The Webware 100 Awards
Time Magazine’s 50 Coolest Websites
Filehippo (freeware with some shareware)
Constantly Scan Tech Blogs,Tech News Sites and the Popular Media!

This is just the proverbial … Tip of the Iceberg

Discussion Time … and Questions and Comments and Feedback!

Contact me: Janie Hermann [email_address] Slides will be hosted at: http://www.slideshare.net/JanieH

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